Uploads from M. Shaw, tagged 2470mmf28l

"Korwar"

nobody@flickr.com (M. Shaw) — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 14:19:15 -0700

M. Shaw posted a photo:

This is a close up of the head of a Korwar sculpture from Indonesia (18th c.) on display at The Louvre Museum in Paris. It was a bit of a challenge shooting this through a glass case, but pleasantly surprised with the detail I got.....

Musee du Louvre

nobody@flickr.com (M. Shaw) — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 13:37:16 -0700

M. Shaw posted a photo:

The Louvre Museum, Paris, France.

Between work and being sick, I haven't been out shooting much. I was inspired recently by my brother to take a second look at some of my shots from our Europe trip last year.
This was from outside The Louvre Museum in Paris. There are a lot of beautiful fountains that surround this glass pyramid but unfortunately they were drained and under repair.

I hope everyone is doing well, as always thanks for taking a look......

Campbell Water Tower........

nobody@flickr.com (M. Shaw) — Sat, 18 Aug 2012 09:45:43 -0700

M. Shaw posted a photo:

I have been wanting to get a shot of this tower for some time now, and we finally got some nice clouds rolling through last Friday evening.
I tried several different angles for this shot, and though the 'Campbell' sign is not centered, this was the composition I liked the best.

A little history I found online about the tower......

Benjamin Campbell, the founder of the City of Campbell, along with family, friends and neighbors created the Campbell Water Company in 1892. There were different wooden tanks and pump houses over the years, what survives to this day is a steel tank and tower, and a wood and stucco pump house building.
The water tank — a 75,000 gallon steel tank — was purchased from Pittsburg-Des Moines Steel Company in 1928 and installed on a tower, which makes the structure 130 feet tall. The tower was painted a two tone apricot and plum color in 1997 with the letters spelling Campbell added. About ten years later the tower was repainted the current beige color. This color was chosen by a long time resident of Campbell, who remembers the tower used to be a beige color.

Thank you for taking a look.

Canon 5D Mark ll
EF 24-70mm @ 70mm
f/18 ISO 50
60 Second exposure
Lee foundation kit
Daryl Benson 3 stop Rev Grad ND Filter

Another La Jolla sunset.......

nobody@flickr.com (M. Shaw) — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 16:05:40 -0700

M. Shaw posted a photo:

La Jolla, San Diego, CA

Canon 5D Mark ll
EF 24-70 mm @ 52 mm
f/ 20 ISO 50
0.6 second exposure
Lee foundation kit
.9 Rev GRAD ND

Thank you for taking a look.......
Press L to see it bigger.

Children's Pool, La Jolla, CA

nobody@flickr.com (M. Shaw) — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 22:17:49 -0700

M. Shaw posted a photo:

This is another shot of the children's pool in La Jolla, California..... When I went to this location my intention was to take some daytime long exposures to convert to black and white. But there was something about this color version that I really liked.......

Canon 5D Mark ll
EF 24-70 mm @ 70 mm
f/ 16 ISO 50
30 second exposure
Lee foundation kit
Lee 10 stop ND & .9 Rev GRAD ND

Thank you for taking a look.......
Press L to see it bigger.

Windmill.....

nobody@flickr.com (M. Shaw) — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 23:47:37 -0700

M. Shaw posted a photo:

Carlsbad by the sea......
This was the front of the Hotel we stayed at in Carlsbad...

Canon 5D Mark ll
EF 24-70 mm @ 58 mm
f/ 18 ISO 50
121 second exposure
Lee foundation kit
Lee 10 stop ND
.9 Rev GRAD ND

Thank you for taking a look.......
Press L to see it bigger.

Walton Lighthouse, Santa Cruz, CA

nobody@flickr.com (M. Shaw) — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:12:31 -0800

M. Shaw posted a photo:

Super Bowl Sunday Sunset in Santa Cruz.............

Canon 5D Mark ll
EF 24-70 mm @ 50 mm
f/20 ISO 50
60 second exposure
Lee foundation kit
Lee .6 Hrd Grad ND filter

Hohenschwangau Castle, Schwangau, Germany......

nobody@flickr.com (M. Shaw) — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 10:28:56 -0800

M. Shaw posted a photo:

Hohenschwangau Castle or Schloss Hohenschwangau is a 19th century palace in southern Germany. It was the childhood residence of King Ludwig II of Bavaria and was built by his father, King Maximilian II of Bavaria. It is located in the German village of Hohenschwangau near the town of Füssen, part of the county of Ostallgäu in southwestern Bavaria, Germany, very close to the border with Austria.

All That Glitters.........

nobody@flickr.com (M. Shaw) — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 21:06:46 -0700

M. Shaw posted a photo:

Eiffel Tower.....Paris, France.
After our stay in London we made our way to Paris. After seeing a lot of amazing photographs from flicker contacts that live in or around Paris I had a pretty good idea of the shots I wanted to come home with, but due to some bad timing many of the places were undergoing maintenance or construction and prevented me from getting the shots I had planned on. So with only three days there, I came up short on my quota. But nobody leaves Paris without a shot or two (or 200) of the Eiffel Tower.........Every hour on the hour the tower glitters with thousands of flashing lights for about five minutes, it is an amazing sight.

Canon 5D Mark ll
EF 24-70mm @ 51mm
f/ 7.1 ISO 800
0.5 second exposure

Eiffel Tower.....Paris, France.

nobody@flickr.com (M. Shaw) — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 19:56:47 -0700

M. Shaw posted a photo:

Canon 5D Mark ll
EF 24-70mm @ 32mm
f/ 5 ISO 800
0.4 second exposure, to capture the light beam on top of the tower, blended with a 30 second exposure for the car light trails.

"Big Ben"...... 5 to 12:00.

nobody@flickr.com (M. Shaw) — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 17:33:20 -0700

M. Shaw posted a photo:

Some cool facts about Big Ben.....

Canon 5D Mark ll
EF 24-70 mm @ 52mm
ISO 100 f/9
1/200 second exposure

London Eye By Day.........

nobody@flickr.com (M. Shaw) — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 19:51:32 -0700

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Canon 5D Mark ll
EF 24-70 mm @ 70mm
ISO 100 f/8
1/500 second exposure

From The Top Of The London Eye.......

nobody@flickr.com (M. Shaw) — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 20:12:31 -0700

M. Shaw posted a photo:

443 feet above the River Thames....... It was a gray gloomy day, but the view was amazing!!

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Eye

Canon 5D Mark ll
EF 24-70 mm @ 24mm
ISO 200 f/8
1/40 second exposure

The View......From the London Eye.

nobody@flickr.com (M. Shaw) — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 20:08:33 -0700

M. Shaw posted a photo:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Eye

Canon 5D Mark ll
EF 24-70 mm @ 30 mm
ISO 200 f/8
1/40 second exposure

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nobody@flickr.com (M. Shaw) — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 21:02:57 -0700

M. Shaw posted a photo:

Richmond / San Rafael Bridge.

I took this shot the same morning I was shooting the East Brothers Lighthouse. I actually forgot about it until I saw Steve's (maxxsmart) recent shot of this bridge............

Thanks for stopping by.........

Canon 5D Mark ll
Ef 24-70mm @ 38mm
f/18 ISO 100
120 second exposure
Lee foundation kit
Lee 10 stop ND Filter & .9 Hard Grad ND

The Road Less Traveled.......

nobody@flickr.com (M. Shaw) — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 22:00:55 -0700

M. Shaw posted a photo:

Canon 5D Mark ll
EF 24-70mm @ 32mm
f/8 ISO 100
60 second exposure
Lee foundation kit
Lee 10 stop ND & .9 Rev GRAD ND

Walton Lighthouse, Santa Cruz CA

nobody@flickr.com (M. Shaw) — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 18:13:20 -0700

M. Shaw posted a photo:

This one is a lot better if you press L....

Thank so much for taking a look........

Canon 5D Mark ll
EF 24-70 L @ 59mm
f/8 ISO 100
481 second exposure
Lee foundation Kit
Lee 10 stop ND Filter

Mike Shaw © All Rights Reserved.

Made Explore #260, July 26, 2011

All Flights Delayed Due to Fog.........

nobody@flickr.com (M. Shaw) — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 20:18:32 -0700

M. Shaw posted a photo:

On Saturday morning I had just finished taking some shots of the old tide house and before I packed it up, I turned the camera a little to the left, zoomed in and took this shot.

I really didn't think to much about it, mainly because I have seen so many really awesome shots from here, that have been taken from many different angles. But after taking a closer look at it today I was amazed at how quietly all 17 of these Seagulls remained during this 2 minute exposure!

Looks better if you press L....

Thank you for taking a look......

Canon 5D Mark ll
EF 24-70mm L @ 70mm
f/11 ISO 50
120 second exposure
Lee foundation Kit
Lee 10 stop ND Filter
Lee .9 Hard GRD ND

Mike Shaw © All Rights Reserved.

The Lone Cypress......

nobody@flickr.com (M. Shaw) — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 17:29:24 -0800

M. Shaw posted a photo:

Pebble Beach, CA.

Most shots of this Cypress tree are taken from the road or from down lower on the trail, which in most cases is fine, but after a few test shots I noticed the top of the tree seemed to blend in to much with the hills in the background. I noticed on the other side of the road there was a small flat area up on the hillside that looked big enough to set up a tripod on, so I climbed my way up there and this was the vantage point I had.
I planned on using my 70-200mm lens but realized I forgot to pack the adapter ring for it to hold the ND filters, so I had to use my 24-70mm with a 2x tele-converter.

Thanks for taking a look.......

Canon 5D Mark ll
EF 24-70 mm @ 70 mm & 2x tele-converter
f/10 ISO 100
30 Second exposure
Lee Foundation kit
10 stop ND filter
3 stop REV GRAD ND filter

Made Explore December 8, 2012. #237

Simplicity.......

nobody@flickr.com (M. Shaw) — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 15:19:10 -0700

M. Shaw posted a photo:

Rat Rock Island, San Rafael, California.......

This was a shot I took one evening back in April out at China Camp State Park. I spent a lot of time on trying to process this shot, to the point of way over processing it, and after several tries decided to just set it aside for awhile. I am very new to this style of photography and this style of processing and have come to the realization that I tend to way over think things.
I decided to take another try at it, and did my best to keep it as simple as I could, I ended up being much more pleased with the results........

As always thank you for taking a look, and I appreciate any feedback or comments you might have....

Canon 5D Mark ll
EF 24-70mm @ 32mm
f/20 ISO 50
240 second exposure
Lee foundation kit
Lee 10 stop ND & .6 GRAD ND

Mike Shaw © All Rights Reserved.

Uploads from M. Shaw, tagged 2470mmf28l

"Korwar"

Musee du Louvre

Campbell Water Tower........

Another La Jolla sunset.......

Children's Pool, La Jolla, CA

Windmill.....

Walton Lighthouse, Santa Cruz, CA

Hohenschwangau Castle, Schwangau, Germany......

All That Glitters.........

Eiffel Tower.....Paris, France.

"Big Ben"...... 5 to 12:00.

London Eye By Day.........

From The Top Of The London Eye.......

The View......From the London Eye.

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The Road Less Traveled.......

Walton Lighthouse, Santa Cruz CA

All Flights Delayed Due to Fog.........

The Lone Cypress......

Simplicity.......

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